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12 Aug 2022
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Comparison of sustainable flood risk management by four countries – the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, and Japan – and the implications for Asian coastal megacities
Faith Ka Shun Chan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
water@leeds, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
Gordon Mitchell
School of Geography and water@leeds, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Nigel Wright
Research and Innovation, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 4FQ, UK
Mingfu Guan
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
Xiaohui Lu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
Zilin Wang
Department of Geography, Planning & Environment, East Carolina University, A-227 Brewster Building Greenville, NC 27858-4353 USA
Burrell Montz
Department of Geography, Planning & Environment, East Carolina University, A-227 Brewster Building Greenville, NC 27858-4353 USA
Olalekan Adekola
School of Humanities, York St John University, York, YO31 7EX, UK
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- The safe development paradox of the United States regulatory floodplain G. Sanchez et al. 10.1371/journal.pone.0311718
- Assessing Watershed Flood Resilience Based on a Grid-Scale System Performance Curve That Considers Double Thresholds X. Su et al. 10.3390/su16209101
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Short summary
Sustainable flood risk management (SFRM) has become popular since the 1980s. This study examines the past and present flood management experiences in four developed countries (UK, the Netherlands, USA, and Japan) that have frequently suffered floods. We analysed ways towards SFRM among Asian coastal cities, which are still reliant on a hard-engineering approach that is insufficient to reduce future flood risk. We recommend stakeholders adopt mixed options to undertake SFRM practices.
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